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New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)

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Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

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[–] kaffiene 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No they aren't. The poor get SFA

[–] Amazinghorse 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a compelling argument 🤣

[–] kaffiene 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a fucking fact, the amount those tax cuts provide the poor is fuck all.

[–] Amazinghorse 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But they are providing tax cuts, aren't they?

[–] kaffiene 0 points 1 year ago

You said they're providing tax cuts for the bottom 3 brackets when the reality is that that don't make a jot of difference for anyone but that rich. I don't take an issue with your assertion that that the tax cuts exist, i take exception to you implying that it especially targets the lowest brackets